A game provided to users of a game space may include a task to be performed by the users. A plurality of virtual chance items may be composed. Individual ones of the virtual chance items may be configured to be activated by the users in the game space to obtain virtual awards in the game space. The virtual awards may include one or more primary awards and one or more secondary awards. Composing the virtual chance items may include determining probabilities that the individual virtual chance items will provide a primary award and/or a secondary award upon activation. The virtual chance items may be distributed to the users that complete the task responsive to these users completing the task. The virtual awards may be provided to the users in accordance with the probabilities assigned to the virtual chance items in response to the users activating the virtual chance items.
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2. The system of claim 1, wherein providing the primary award to the first user includes adding the primary award to the first inventory.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item are based on which ones of the one or more specific actions have been completed.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item are determined based on a number of the users that complete the one or more specific actions.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured by machine-readable instructions to modify the first and second probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item based on virtual awards provided to other ones of the users through other virtual chance items.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more processors are configured by machine-readable instructions such that the first and second probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item are modified based on a threshold number of the users to be provided with a primary award.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured by machine-readable instructions such that, responsive to an amount of the users that complete the one or more specific actions being greater than a threshold number of the users to be provided with a primary award, the second probability is initially a non-zero value.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the primary award is greater in value than the secondary award with respect to one or more criteria associated with the game.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first virtual chance item includes one or more virtual goods that are purchasable and/or tradable within the game.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein providing the primary award to the first user includes adding the primary award to the first inventory.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first and second probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item are based on which ones of the one or more specific actions have been completed.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the first and second probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item are determined based on a number of the users that complete the specific action.
16. The method of claim 11, comprising modifying the first and second probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item based on virtual awards provided to other ones of the users through other virtual chance items.
17. The method of claim 16, where in the first and second probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item are modified based on a threshold number of the users to be provided with a primary award.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein, responsive to an amount of the users that complete the specific action being greater than a threshold number of the users to be provided with a primary award, the second probability is initially a non-zero value.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the primary award is greater in value than the secondary award with respect to one or more criteria associated with the game.
20. The method of claim 11, wherein the first virtual chance item includes one or more virtual goods that are purchased and/or tradable within the game.
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